Calcineurin is required for Leishmania major stress response pathways and for virulence in the mammalian host

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 471-480

  Naderer, Thomas ^a   Dandash, Orwa ^a   Mcconville, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; SPHINGOLIPID; STEROL; TUNICAMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79953876732     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07584.x     Document Type: Article

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